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Breast Cancer Prevention
* Breast cancer is not preventable, but can be controlled if detected early.
* Every woman should have a breast self-examination once a month, ideally one week after menstruating or menopausal women, the same day of each month.
* Start your self raising his arms over his head and looking at breasts in a mirror.
* Any suspicious lump should be examined by the doctor as soon as possible. Every woman should undergo a medical breast exam once a year or even more frequently if they have had a tumor or who has been breast cancer in the immediate family.
* Perform first mammogram between 35 and 39 years to have a reference of what the state of the mammary glands.
* Get a mammogram every two years between 40 and 50.
* Get a mammogram every year after age 50.

Breast Cancer Signs and symptoms
The main signs and symptoms of Breast cancer are:
* A lump in the breast
* Bleeding or discharge from the nipple
* Change the shape or contour of the breast
* Sinking or crushing of the skin
* Nipple retraction, or peeling
* The breast looks red and inflamed

Brain cancer is a tumor that develops at the expense of the brain. Whether located in the brain or elsewhere in the body, a tumor composed of a mass of cells which reproduce themselves in an uncontrolled way. Tumors can be either benign or malignant.

Benign brain tumors are abnormal collections of cells which reproduce slowly and are most often isolated from surrounding normal brain tissue. These tumors grow slowly, do not spread to other parts of the brain and are generally easier to excise the malignant tumors. Malignant tumors grow and multiply rapidly. It is difficult to delineate these tumors compared to surrounding normal brain tissue. For this reason it is difficult to remove them completely without damaging the surrounding brain. We can classify benign and malignant tumors in different groups, depending on the type of cells from which they emerge.

Can be classified as benign tumors following:

• Chordomas, whose origin lies in embryonic cells of the spinal cord or the base of the cranial nerve.
• Hemangioblastomas, which begin in blood vessels.
• Meningiomas, starting in the membrane covering the brain.
• Osteomas in the bone of the skull.
• The pinealomas in the pineal gland.
• The pituitary adenoma in the pituitary.
• The schwannomas, in cells that surround nerves.

Some types of tumors such as meningiomas (arising from the meninges, the lining surrounding the brain) or germ cell tumors can be benign in some cases and malignant in others.

This article focuses on brain tumors malignant (cancerous).

Brain cancers are relatively rare but often fatal. They are the second leading cause of mortality among children under 20 years.

• Malignant brain tumors the most common are gliomas, where cells called glia (support cells for nerve cells) become cancerous.
• Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common of the gliomas. Glioblastoma multiforme and anaplastic astrocytoma are fast-growing gliomas.
• Oligodendroglioma, another type of glioma, is also rare, occurs mainly in adults. Gliomas are clasified between 50% and 60% of all brain tumors (malignant and benign), children and adults alike.
• Medulloblastoma, which is derived cells of the spinal cord at the base of the brain, is the type of brain tumor most common in children. It occurs most often before puberty.

Finally, sarcoma and adenocarcinoma are two kinds of extremely rare brain tumor.

The liver metastases are the most common tumors of the liver. They especially difficult cancers drained by the splanchnic circulation (colon, pancreas, stomach), but can be seen in almost all cancers generalized (lung, ovarian, breast, esophagus, kidney, neuro-endocrine tumors etc .).

The main point of diagnosis is the context: the ultrasound liver is the staging of any cancer, but also surveillance after resection of cancer, especially colon cancer. The emergence of a focal lesion in the course of such monitoring is highly suggestive. If cancer is not known, guided biopsy can be diagnostic and will be followed by a search of the primary cancer.

Biology liver is usually disrupted (increased GGT, alkaline phosphatase) but this is not always the case (10% approximately normal biology). The search for neoplastic markers (CEA, CA 19-9, etc …) can be positive. Metastases of digestive endocrine tumors (carcinoid, insulinoma, etc …) are sometimes responsible for hormonal secretion and are accompanied by high rates of clinical manifestations.

Treatment depends on the nature of the tumor resection possible in case of single or localized lesions (especially colon), and / or chemotherapy (sometimes resulting in transient tumor regression)

To make a diagnosis of liver cancer, the doctor suggests a medical history, physical examination done carefully and orders some tests.

• Blood tests are used to see how well the liver. They can also be used to verify the existence of tumor markers, which are substances that are frequently found in abnormal amounts in patients with liver cancer. The tumor marker alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) may be useful to aid in the diagnosis of liver cancer. About 50 to 70 percent of people with primary liver cancer have elevated levels of AFP. However, other cancers such as germ cell cancer and in some cases, cancer of the stomach and pancreas also cause elevated AFP levels.
• Radiographs of the chest and abdomen, angiograms (x-rays of blood vessels), the CT scans (x-rays put together by computer) and magnetic resonance images (images created by using a magnetic field) can all be part of the diagnostic process.
• The liver scans using radioactive materials can help identify abnormal areas in the liver.
• The presence of liver cancer is confirmed with a biopsy. Is removed (through a needle or during surgery) from liver tissue (biopsy sample) and examined under a microscope to see whether cancer cells are present. The doctor may also look at the liver with an instrument called a laparoscope, which is a small instrument shaped tube with a light at one end. For this procedure, make a small incision in the abdomen to insert the laparoscope. The doctor may remove a small piece of tissue during laparoscopy. A pathologist then examines the tissue under a microscope to see whether cancer cells are present.

Primary liver cancer is difficult to detect at an early stage because its early symptoms are usually vague. As with other types of cancer, this disease can cause a general feeling of poor health. Liver cancer can lead to loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, fatigue and weakness.
As the cancer grows, pain may be present in the upper abdomen on the right side and may extend to the back and shoulder. Some people may feel a mass in the upper abdomen. Liver cancer can also lead to abdominal swelling and a feeling of fullness or bloating. Some people have episodes of fever and nausea or develop jaundice, a condition in which the skin and whites of the eyes become yellow and the urine becomes dark.
It is important to note that these symptoms may be caused by primary or metastatic cancer in the liver, a benign (not cancerous) in the liver or other less serious conditions. Only a doctor can tell for sure.

The liver, the organ of the human body larger without the skin, is located below the ribs on right side of the abdomen.

Its main functions include the filtration of blood and the elimination of toxic wastes and the production of enzymes that help digest food, converting them into substances needed for the proper functioning of the body. Some nutrients have to be chemically altered (metabolized) in the liver before the rest of the body can use as energy source. The liver produces some of the clotting factors that prevent the blood is too liquid and also secretes bile to the intestine to help absorb nutrients.

The liver is divided into three lobes, the right, the left and a smaller one called square, which in turn are subdivided into segments. Unlike most other organs of the body receives blood from two sources. The hepatic artery supplies the liver with blood rich in oxygen while the portal vein carries nutrient-rich blood from the intestines. All blood from the digestive tract through the liver before it reaches the rest of the body, making it a sort of ‘office’ from the outside world.

The exact cause of cancer remains unknown. Is  called a primary brain tumor,  brain cancer that starts in the brain it self. It can spread to surrounding areas of the brain and destroy them. Breast cancer, lung, skin, or blood cells (leukemia or lymphoma) can also spread (metastasize) to the brain, causing metastatic brain cancer. These groups of cancerous cells may then multiply in a single region or in different parts of the brain.
Symptoms and Complications

Brain cancer causes symptoms when it pushes on the brain that destroys brain tissue. Symptoms depend on the size and location of the tumor, and the speed at which it multiplies. Although headaches are often a symptom of brain cancer, it is important to remember that most headaches are not caused by cancer but are caused by less serious conditions such as migraine or tension. Headaches caused by brain tumors are often severe, associated with nausea and vomiting and often worse early in the day. They can last long or occur intermittently.

Other symptoms include:

• Dizziness
• Impaired vision as double vision
• Impaired coordination
• Weakness or numbness on one side of body
• Seizures
• Changes in mood, senses, personality or feelings
• Impaired memory
• A state of confusion or difficulty concentrating

The presence of the above symptoms may lead a physician to suspect brain cancer. A CT scan or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the first examinations to be performed to properly diagnose a brain cancer, whatever the type. These specialized radiological examinations can detect many types of brain tumors and determine their location and size accurately. However, they do not determine whether the tumor is cancerous or not.

We must perform a biopsy to determine if the tumor is cancerous. For this, we take a sample of the tumor during surgery. If the tumor is too deep in the brain, surgeons can use a technique called stereotactic biopsy or establishment of the needle through three-dimensional approach. This technique uses an MRI to create a three dimensional image of the brain that are then used to guide a needle contained in a special case to the appropriate region of the brain. It sucks and is collected tumor cells in the needle for analysis. Once collected, we analyze the biopsy sample using microscopes and special chemicals to determine the type of tumor. It usually takes several days before obtaining the results of a biopsy.

We may sometimes collect cells of brain tumors in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), a special fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. CSF samples are taken using a thin needle that is inserted in the lower back under local anesthesia, this procedure is called a lumbar puncture. We can do this procedure when too much pressure accumulates in the brain. Indeed, the pressure change resulting from the brain drain may cause aspiration of part of the brain tissue at the base of the skull, causing serious complications.

A few days ago, the U.S. president, Barack Obama, officially declared the country in September as the month of awareness for the prevention and control of ovarian cancer and prostate cancer.

In this regard, and as a way to help in early detection of these tumors that still affects many women, the American doctor William Hamilton, a research specialist in the field and author of a work report called “The Ovarian cancer is not silent, but noisy. Only we’re not very good at deciphering such a noise, “clear and shared 7″ noisy “signals that this problem may be developing into a woman.

The seven most common symptoms are:

-Bloating

You gain more-frequent urination

-Abdominal pain

Post-menopausal bleeding

-Loss of appetite

-Rectal bleeding

“Abdominal bloating

Although the use of the terms “relaxation” and “swelling” may seem redundant abdominal, medically speaking are different: the swelling occurs in a moment comes and goes, while the strain is “a progressive increase in abdominal size” and permanent.

If any of these signs, and even more, if they are repeated or chronic, is necessary for professional as soon as possible, remember that early detection in this case, as in any type of tumor, is essential.

Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) is a cancer that arises from the heart. He is also known as primary liver cancer or hepatomas. Liver-type formed from different cell types (eg, bile vessels, blood vessels, and cells fat storage). However, liver cells (hepatocytes) to form up to 80% of liver tissue. Thus, the majority of cancer-primary liver cancer (more than 90 to 95%) arise from liver cells and is called hepatocellular cancer (hepatocellular cancer) or carcinoma (carcinoma).
Liver cancer need to watch out for symptoms that mendahuluinya.di need adequate information for the public to be more concerned about the risk of liver cancer disease
The main causes of liver damage
Þ Sleeping too late and wake up too the day is
The main cause of most
Þ No waste water in the morning.
Þ diet too much.
Þ No breakfast.
Þ taking too many drugs.
Þ consume too many preservatives, substances
Additionally, dyes, artificial sweeteners.
Cooking oil Þ! As far as possible reduce the use of
cooking oil when frying these foods also
valid despite using the best cooking oil
even as olive oil. Do not consume
fried foods when we are in a state of fatigue,
except in a fit body condition.
Þ Consuming raw food (very mature) also
increasing heart load. Vegetables are eaten raw or
well-done 3 / 5 parts. Fried vegetables should be
be devoured immediately, not stored.
We must take reasonable precautions without
additional cost. Simply adjust your lifestyle
and patterns of daily food. Treatment of the pattern
eat and the condition of time is necessary for the body
we can do the absorption and disposal of substances
is not useful in accordance with the schedule
CAUSE:
21-23 hours at night: is the time disposal of substances
not useful / toxic (detoxification) in the
antibody system (lymph nodes). During the duration
This time should be passed to the atmosphere of calm
or listening to music. If the time a mother
households are still in a condition that is not relaxed
such as washing dishes or watching children
learning, this can be a negative impact on
health.
23-01 hours a night in the morning: when the process
detoxification in the liver, must take place within
sleeping conditions.
Early morning hours of 01-03: detoxification process in the
bile, also took place in conditions of sleep.
Early morning hours of 03-05: detoxification in the
lungs. Because it will be a great cough
for cough sufferers during this time duration. Because
the process of cleaning / detoxification has been achieved
respiratory tract, it does not need to drink cough medicine
in order to keep the diamond mer gi disposal process
droppings.
Morning hours of 05 -07: detoxification in the colon,
must dispose of water in a small room.
07-09 hours of the morning: time for the absorption of food nutrients
small intestine, to eat breakfast. For those who are sick
should eat more in the morning before the hour of 6:30.
Breakfast before 7:30 is very good for them
who want to maintain their health.
For those who do not eat breakfast please change
this habit, even still better late
eat breakfast until 09-10 hours than not eating at
once.
Sleeping too late and wake up too the day will
disrupt the process of disposal of substances is not useful.
In addition, from midnight to early morning hours of 4
is the time for the spinal cord to
produce blood
The prevention of cancer here is an action that seeks to avoid all things that become cancer risk factors and increasing protective factors to prevent cancer.
Although some risk factors can be avoided does not mean you will be one hundred percent free of cancer. Instead of people whose lives are full of cancer risk factors they may not end up suffering from cancer. Every individual has a unique or different sensitivity to different cancers. Therefore a good idea to always consult your doctor to get the right information to prevent cancer.
The main principle is the prevention of liver cancer with liver cancer screening as early as possible. Information and precise fit about how to conduct screening and other information can easily be found on your family doctor.